Foraging strategies are maintained despite workforce reduction: A multidisciplinary survey on the pollen collected by a social pollinator

P Biella, N Tommasi, A Akter, L Guzzetti, J Klecka… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The way pollinators gather resources may play a key role for buffering their population
declines. Social pollinators like bumblebees could adjust their foraging after significant …

Tracking individual honeybees among wildflower clusters with computer vision-facilitated pollinator monitoring

MN Ratnayake, AG Dyer, A Dorin - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Monitoring animals in their natural habitat is essential for advancement of animal
behavioural studies, especially in pollination studies. Non-invasive techniques are preferred …

Land cover composition, local plant community composition and honeybee colony density affect wild bee species assemblages in a Mediterranean biodiversity hot …

L Ropars, L Affre, L Schurr, F Flacher, D Genoud… - Acta Oecologica, 2020 - Elsevier
Identifying environmental drivers which structure wild bee species assemblages appears
essential in a context of worldwide pollinator decline. During a two-year survey, we studied …

How to be a good neighbour: facilitation and competition between two co-flowering species

MB Mesgaran, J Bouhours, MA Lewis… - Journal of theoretical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Empirical evidence suggests that co-flowering species can facilitate each other through
shared pollinators. However, the extent to which one co-flowering species can relieve …

Associations between blooming plants and their bee visitors in a riparian ecosystem in eastern Oregon

SM Roof, S DeBano, MM Rowland, S Burrows - Northwest Science, 2018 - BioOne
Native bees are declining worldwide, but conserving or restoring their habitat requires a
better understanding of bee-flower associations. High quality bee habitat includes flowers …

Pollination insights for the conservation of a rare threatened plant species, Astragalus tragacantha (Fabaceae)

L Schurr, L Affre, F Flacher, T Tatoni… - Biodiversity and …, 2019 - Springer
The increase in habitat fragmentation impacts plant-pollinator interactions and threatens the
sustainability of plant species. Astragalus tragacantha (Fabaceae), is a rare endangered …

[HTML][HTML] Pollinator-mediated connectivity in fragmented urban green spaces—tracking pollen grain movements in the city center

B Płaskonka, M Zych, M Mazurkiewicz, M Skłodowski… - Acta Oecologica, 2024 - Elsevier
Cities are expanding rapidly and emerging as complex ecosystems. This expansion of
urbanized areas has resulted in the alteration and fragmentation of several natural habitats …

Foraging responses of bumble bees to rewardless floral patches: importance of within-plant variance in nectar presentation

S Nakamura, G Kudo - AoB Plants, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Spatiotemporal variation in nectar distribution is a key factor affecting pollinator movements
between flowers and plants within a population. Pollinators having systematic searching …

Flower color as predictor for nectar reward quantity in an alpine flower community

M Streinzer, J Neumayer, J Spaethe - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Entomophilous plants have evolved colorful floral displays to attract flower visitors to achieve
pollination. Although many insects possess innate preferences for certain colors, the …

[HTML][HTML] Flower Visitation through the Lens: Exploring the Foraging Behaviour of Bombus terrestris with a Computer Vision-Based Application

Z Varga-Szilay, G Szövényi, G Pozsgai - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary To understand the processes behind the decline of pollinators, it is also
essential to gain insight into their behaviour and identify the factors that drive it. This study …